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Bug 10004 - Gentoo Linux Alsa Guide is misleading
Summary: Gentoo Linux Alsa Guide is misleading
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/alsa-guide....
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Reported: 2002-10-31 05:26 UTC by Charles Goodwin
Modified: 2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
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Description Charles Goodwin 2002-10-31 05:26:33 UTC 
"However, to save some time, lookup the Chipset name of your soundcard(s) on the
ALSA Soundcard Matrix."

This is incorrect.  The chipset name will usually return the error 'unknown
soundcard' upon attempting to emerge.

Instead, the appropriate variable to put in the env ALSA_CARDS is the name after
the 'module' argument in INSTALL link relevant to your soundcard.

eg for mine this is 'sbawe' as opposed to 'emu8k' as the Gentoo Linux Alsa Guide
would have me believe.
Comment 1 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2002-10-31 20:41:01 UTC 
I fixed this in CVS.

//ZhEN